And as I said to him that conflict lasted exactly one episode And at the end of the episode she seemed to be given the help she needed to deal with the problem (go Xander!). Having it repeated 2 years later is a bit... repetitive?
Exactly. So he can be anything you want. No he can't. I can make up any back-ground story I like, but at some point (hopefully) Joss will let on who this guy really is.
One of my problems with AtF is the TMI about how Angel and the dragon met. Seriously? I thought that was excellent story-telling. In *one* (!) panel we had an OC introduced and explained, leaving us free to focus on the rest of the story. We know that the dragon is sentient and willingly chose Angel's side - if we hadn't been told that, anything could be possible - did he tame it? Enslave it or use a thrall? Was it a surprise present from Cordy? Is it even the same dragon? Will it suddenly turn on him? How long has he had it? Those questions would impinge on the story that the writer is trying to tell, and we don't need them. The dragon is a bit-player, and we don't need any more mysteries - there's plenty there already. And as for the eye-signalling (*g*), then we will probably find out exactly what happened in the one-shot.
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Date: 2007-11-27 11:57 am (UTC)And at the end of the episode she seemed to be given the help she needed to deal with the problem (go Xander!). Having it repeated 2 years later is a bit... repetitive?
Exactly. So he can be anything you want.
No he can't. I can make up any back-ground story I like, but at some point (hopefully) Joss will let on who this guy really is.
One of my problems with AtF is the TMI about how Angel and the dragon met.
Seriously? I thought that was excellent story-telling. In *one* (!) panel we had an OC introduced and explained, leaving us free to focus on the rest of the story. We know that the dragon is sentient and willingly chose Angel's side - if we hadn't been told that, anything could be possible - did he tame it? Enslave it or use a thrall? Was it a surprise present from Cordy? Is it even the same dragon? Will it suddenly turn on him? How long has he had it? Those questions would impinge on the story that the writer is trying to tell, and we don't need them. The dragon is a bit-player, and we don't need any more mysteries - there's plenty there already. And as for the eye-signalling (*g*), then we will probably find out exactly what happened in the one-shot.